Guiding Question Response
My Guiding Question was. How can I help biodiversity? I do not know why i have picked that question but at the time it was probably because I thought it was the easiest question. I have noticed that none of the questions are easy.
How I am going to answer my Guiding Question. How can I help biodiversity? I can help by cleaning up the shrub steppe of garbage, trash, and recylable items. The shrub steppe needs help with garbage and trash thats just thrown into the shrub steppe.
The Shrub Steppe is filled with invasive species like cheat grass and cows. Cheat grass spreads faster then you can even imagine! We cant get rid of the cows because thats what we eat.
Many farmers buy land, and grow crops on it where the shrub steppe used to be. They grow feilds of cheat grass and that cheat grass seeds get all over the place! If there wasent cheat grass there could be alot more shrub steppe still out there.
The cows eat all the food and take up lots of land were the shrub steppe used to be. Farmers buy shrub steppe land and put their cows and crops on it and take away the shrub steppe.
Many of the shrub steppe animals have died off and went extinct because of these reasons i just explained. Some of the animals that have died and went extinct are the Sage Grouse, and The Pygmi Rabbit.
Another way i can help by is helping the animals and their lifestyle. They need help with breeding.